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We are chatting with Zoe DiCicco this episode about her love for environmental policy and Taylor Swift, finding joy during a pandemic, and processing how you measure when to keep having those hard political discussions and when to call it quits.   As always, you can support this pod and access some more goodies like video versions or questionnaires with some of our guests over at www.Patreon.com/HowBoutYou

This episode marks our very first revisit! This week I'm talking with my first ever guest: Al Kuenzli. We talk about what's changed since last time like their move, what a perfect day looks like to them, and how to figure out the best role for you to support your community in. As always you can follow us on instagram and facebook at: @HBUpod or for some extra goodies for as little as $1 a month check out patreon.com/howboutyou

This week we're chatting with Katelyn DeRobertis. Multi media, Comic artist and pandemic mommy extraordinaire. We talk about the ins and outs of defining your own success and practice as an artist, how finding creative fulfillment changes over time, and how stability can be very, VERY sexy. As always you can find us at www.instagram.com/HBUPod and www.twitter.com/HBUPod As well as   www.patreon.com/howboutyou for some extra goodies like video versions of the interviews, art downloads and maybe even Katelyn's animal crossing friend code....    

We're talking to Chance Lunning this week! Saint Paul teacher extraordinaire as well as Democratic Socialist of America member, we talk with Chance about their career as well as their political journey and what song they'll be singing first at karaoke when bars open back up. SO happy to be back in your ears! Some updates- you can now find us at HBUpod on Instagram and twitter and you can now find us at www.Patreon.com/HowBoutYou where you can check out video versions of each episode for just $10/month.

Have you ever moved somewhere without ever seeing it? What parts of yourself have you hidden? How do you decide when to power through and when to remove yourself from a bad work situation?

What is self care to you? What are you boundaries? When is it time to try and push past those boundaries? Do you believe fighting for other's rights means also fighting for you own?    

Have you ever thought about how much energy it takes for someone to explain something to you? How recently was Mental Illness recognized as something Social Security support? When was the first time you were sexualized?

What makes you decide to live somewhere? Have you ever had a special group of folks to produce with? What drew you together? This week we're chatting with Dixie Treichel. Wisconsin native and current Minnesota resident- Dixie is a host of KFAI's fresh fruit and a long time sound artist. We talk about the many places that Dixie has lived and touch on some other fun topics like energy healing.

What's your baseline of needs? What are your boundaries? Are you able to recognize when they change? Are you able to communicate when they change? Also, strippers are the coolest people ever! We have a really fun interview to kick of the second season- in this episode we're talking to Brittany Wallman, Minneapolis local and all around BO$$ Lady!! Brittany and I chat about working in the creative field and all the different paths it took to get there.

Are you part of the 1%? Why is organizing important? How do you compromise with someone who is unwilling to compromise?

  Is being a pessimist ok? How do you disconnect yourself from toxic communities that you've grown out of? Do you ever owe them a conversation?   In this episode, we're talking to Evan Clark - a self described straight, white dude!! Scary! Evan is a writer and musician living in Minneapolis. We talk about his journey towards finding his voice in writing as well as some of the topics surrounding his latest book, Purgatory. Come check out the book release Thursday, December 5th, or you can grab it ahead of time on Amazon.

Danny Shaheen: he/him   How do you decide how to spend your time? How often does that change? Do you pay any proverbial taxes for the lifestyle you've chosen to live?  In this episode we're chatting with Danny Shaheen. Danny is a psychotherapist and musician from Minneapolis. We talk about the ever-changing process of deciding how to spend your time along with what influences that personally for us right now.

What does your grief process look like? What's the most beneficial support you've received while grieving?   This week we're talking to Maitreyi. An artist and writer from Minneapolis. While Maitreyi's work deals with a span of topics, I remember one of my first experiences of being struck by some of their work that had to do with the passing of their father.   September is the 3 year anniversary of that loss for them and it seemed fitting to dedicate this episode to grief. We talk about the different faces of grief as well as different ways we've dealt with it. This was a really tender episode and I'm so thankful it's something that we both wanted to talk about.

  Does everyone feel attraction? Does everyone express it in the same way if they do? How is life different when you don't see a monogamous relationship as the ultimate end goal?   

How radical are you and what waves have you ridden to get where you are? What's it like to be femme in a public space? What's something you do that makes life exciting?

How do we show people we see them “differently”. What's the “nicest” form of homophobia you've ever encountered? Why is it important to be able to have honest conversations with people you work for?    

Have you ever needed help mediating an argument? Did you find the help you needed? How is life different with chronic pain? What are the positive outcomes of an MS diagnosis?  

What is your ideal working environment? What could you do if the resources you needed for a project were already at your disposal?  

  When you get dressed, do you ask yourself if you look attractive? Every time? Why? What do the pronouns you use say about you? to other people? Do having conversations solve anything?  

Episode 009: Listen to Growers Emmalyn Kayser: she/her Do you grow your own food? When is the last day you had zero obligations? Has an animal ever given you a positive, life-changing piece of advice? We are listening to Emmalyn today! A radical, slow-lyfer and grower. She tells us some great adventure stories about traveling and finding pieces of home in all sorts of different places.Currently Emmalyn is the production manager at Green Garden Bakery in North, Minneapolis. Green Garden Bakery is an amazing group of young entrepreneurs who are growing food, baking it, and selling it for pay-what-you-can around town. More info in the episode but you can (and should!) support them at: https://www.mightycause.com/story/Givegreengardenbakery  

How are you voting with your dollars? Is it in pursuit of creating the world you want to live in? How do you ask for money? What are some alternative ways that we can pool our resources to support individuals AND build a stronger community?

How do you speak to yourself internally? Would you speak that way to anyone else? Why are we so mean to ourselves?

Why are the police allowed to lie to you? If you are arrested and don't have any phone numbers memorized, how do you make a phone call lolz? What's the difference between equality and equity?

Why is feeling seen such a powerful experience? When should you carve out your own spaces? Why aren't there more non white dudes in producing and sound engineering roles?

What is success? Is it important? How does the way you view it affect you?

Why do we use poison as weed killer in our public parks still? Why was Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million to an individual in the world's first Roundup cancer trial?

Why would someone still want to invest in resources that have an end date? What happens when the government ignores a majority opinion ? Do we sue the government?

What is gender? Why do we have certain expectations for certain genders? 
How do those expectations affect you?